Christmas TV

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Re: Christmas TV

christmas eve sunday 24th december 1989

BBC1

8.35am The Day I Met the Queen

9.15am Pilgrimage to Christmas

10.00am The Driving Force Snow Special
presented by Mike Smith and Murray Walker

11.00am Film : The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
starring Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell,
Herbert Lom

12.50pm Cartoon
Three Little Pups

1.00pm News Summary with Chris Lowe
Weather Bernard Davey

1.05pm Joy to the World
a spectacular celebration of Christmas and the 70th year of
the Save the Children fund held at the Royal Albert Hall in the
presence of Her Majesty the Queen and HRH the Princess Royal

2.00pm EastEnders

3.00pm Film : Labyrinth (1986)
starring David Bowie and Jennifer ConnellyPremière

4.35pm Beasts of the Field

5.05pm Hearts of Gold
presented by Esther Rantzen, a special Christmas edition

5.50pm The Chronicles of Narnia
6. The Voyage of the Dawn Trader

6.20pm Newswith Chris Lowe Weather

6.35pm Songs of Praise
celebrates Christmas at Warwick Castle

7.15pm Telly Addicts
presented by Noel Edmonds

7.45pm Ever Decreasing Circles
starring Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton

9.10pm Newswith Martyn Lewis Weather

9.25pm Film : Legal Eagles (1986)
starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl HannahPremière

11.20pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity
from the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Clonard Monastery,
West Belfast

12.20am Film : Love Story (1970)
starring Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neil, Ray Milland

2.00am Weather

2.05am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

CHRISTMAS DAY DECEMBER 25TH 1989

BBC1

7.00am Christmas Children's BBC
The Nativity Play(Repeat)

7.10am Bluetoes - the Christmas Elf

7.30am Playdays
the Christmas Tree Stop

7.50am Ziggy's Gift
(Repeat)

8.15am A Merry Mirthworm Christmas
(Repeat)

8.40am A Flintstone Christmas

9.30am Eggs 'n' Baker
with Cheryl Baker

9.55am Weather

10.00am Christmas Celebration
from Gold Hill Baptist Church, Bucks with Roy Castle
in a service led by the Rev Jim Graham

11.00am Noel's Christmas Presents

12.00 Christmas Comedy Cracker
Porridge
Disturbing the Peace

12.30pm Dad's Army
My Brother and I

1.10pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Jessica's First Christmas

2.00pm Top of the Pops Christmas Show
introduced by Jakki Brambles, Bruno Brookes, Gary Davies

3.00pm The Queen

3.15pm Bread

4.05pm Only Fools and Horses
The Jolly Boys' Outing

5.30pm Newswith Jill Dando, Weather Michael Fish

5.35pm The Russ Abbot Christmas Show
with special guest Les Dennis

6.15pm Film : Crocodile Dundee (1986)
starring Paul Hogan Première

7.50pm Agatha Christie's Miss Marple : A Caribbean Mystery

9.40pm In Sickness and in Health

10.10pm Newswith Jill Dando Weather

10.20pm Film : Clockwise (1986)
starring John Cleese Première

11.55pm Christmas Epilogue
The Word Made Flesh

12.00 Film : Key Largo (1948)
starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

1.40am Weather

1.45am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

BOXING DAY TUESDAY 26TH OF DECEMBER 1989



BBC1

7.00am Christmas Children's BBC
Fireman Sam Christmas Special
Snow Business(Repeat)

7.25am Playdays
The Christmas Tree Stop(Repeat)

7.45am Mirthworms on Stage

8.10am The Pink Panther Show
Pink Christmas

8.30am A Muppet Family Christmas

9.20am A Claymation Christmas Celebration

9.45am Smash Hits Poll Winners' Party
presented by Phillip Schofield (Repeat)

11.10am Film : Scrooge (1970)
starring Albert Finney and Alec Guinness

1.00pm News with Chris Lowe ,
WeatherSuzanne Charlton

1.05pm The Red Arrows
A Quiver of Silver

2.00pm Film : A Bridge Too Far (1977)
starring Dirk Bogarde

4.50pm Final Score
introduced by Ralph Dellor

5.05pm Newswith Chris Lowe Weather

5.15pm Jim'll Fix It for Christmas

6.00pm The Paul Daniels Magic Show

6.50pm EastEnders

7.20pm Bergerac
Second Time Around, starring John Nettles

9.00pm Birds of a Feather

9.30pm Blackadder's Christmas Carol
starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson (Repeat)

10.15pm News with Chris Lowe Weather

10.25pm Film : The Name of Rose (1986)
starring Sean Connery Première

12.30am Michael Feinstein in Concert

1.20am Weather

1.25am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 27th December 1989

BBC1

7.00am News, Weather
Regional News and Weather
7.15am Hallo Spencer
7.40am The Pink Panther Show
8.00am News, Weather
Regional News and Weather
8.15am Smoggies
8.40am Roland Rat Fink Triple Bill
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Christmas Children's BBC
Jimbo and the Jet Set
9.05am The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
9.30am Fame and Misfortune
10.00am Why Don't You...?
10.30am Playdays
10.50am Poddington Peas
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am Best of British
11.25am Dad's Army
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
1.15pm Neighbours
1.35pm Film : Grease (1978)
3.20pm The Angel and the Soldier Boy
3.50pm Meercats
4.15pm Newsround Special
4.35pm Robin Hood Junior
5.35pm Neighbours
6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather
6.15pm Regional news magazines
6.30pm Wogan's Christmas Fancy Dress
7.10pm Blankety Blank Christmas
7.45pm Porridge
8.15pm The Bruce Forsyth Show
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News; Weather
9.30pm Screen One
TV Film : Ball-Trap on the Cote Sauvage (1989)
10.55pm Barry Norman's Films of the 80s
11.40pm Film : Singin' in the Rain (1952)
1.20am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Thursday 28th December 1989

BBC1

7.00am News, Weather. Regional News, Weather
7.15am Hallo Spencer
7.40am The Pink Panther Show
8.00am News, Weather. Regional News, Weather
8.15am Smoggies
8.40am Cartoon Double Bill
8.55am Regional News, Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Christmas Children's BBC
9.05am The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
9.30am Fame and Misfortune
10.00am Why Don't You... ?
10.30am Playdays
10.50am Henry's Cat
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am Best of British
11.25am Film : The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
1.15pm Neighbours
1.35pm A Decade of Sport: Ten Glorious Years
3.50pm The New Yogi Bear Show
4.00pm Zoo Robbery
5.05pm Blue Peter Review of the Year
5.35pm Neighbours
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
6.15pm Regional news magazines
6.30pm Top of the Pops Review of the 80s
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm The World's Strongest Man
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
9.30pm Smith and Jones
10.00pm Review of the Year 1989
11.30pm Film : The Heist (1971)
1.30am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Saturday 23rd December 1989

BBC2

8.40am Buck Rogers
9.00am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
9.20am Film : Holiday Inn (1942)
10.55am World Professional Darts
12.10pm The Moscow State Circus 1988
1.25pm Saturday Cinema 1
Film : Hamlet (1948)
3.50pm A Rose for Winter
4.45pm Saturday Cinema 2
Film : The Jazz Singer (1980)
6.35pm Carols from King's
7.35pm Revolution!
8.30pm The Late Show Annual
10.30pm The Film Club
Film : Tampopo (1985) Premiere
12.25am Film : Brute Force (1947)

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Re: Christmas TV

SUNDAY DECEMBER 24TH 1989
CHRISTMAS EVE
BBC2

7.30am Children's BBC Two
Playbus The Tent Stop

7.50am Barney
Barney's Christmas Surprise

7.55am Is That a Fact?
12: The Venerable Bede

8.10am Santa's Pocket Watch

8.35am Umbrella Christmas Special

8.50am Follow That Sleigh

9.15am Corners

9.30am Visionaries
Sorcery Squared

9.55am Blue Peter Omnibus

10.45am Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
6.The Whitish Knight

11.10am Boxpops

11.50am The O Zone

12.10pm Animation Now

12.15pm Films for the Family : Bush Christmas (1983)
starring Nicole Kidman

1.40pm One in Four
with sign language and subtitles

2.10pm Concert Trilogy

3.00pm A Rose for Winter

4.00pm Tales from Hoffnung

4.15pm Fred Astaire
Puttin' on His Top Hat,
Documentary

5.05pm It's Gary Sandling's Christmas Show

5.30pm The Spirit of Christmas
hosted by Hannah Gordon

6.30pm Riding the Dog
documentary about Greyhound buses

7.20pm Vespers in Venice

9.10pm Relatively Speaking
by Alan Ayckbourn

11.00pm Viva Leone!
profile of film director Sergio Leone

11.40pm Viva Leone! : Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
starring Henry Fonda

2.25am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

CHRISTMAS DAY MONDAY DECEMBER 25TH 1989
BBC2

8.25am The Third Man
Three Dancing Turtles(b/w)

8.50am Buck Rogers
Tragedy of Saturn (b/w)

9.10am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Freezing Torture (b/w)

9.30am Berlin Freedom Concert

11.00am Film for the Family : The Prince and the Pauper (1977) starring Oliver Reed, Racquel Welch

1.00pm The Boy and the Snowgoose
animation

1.10pm Fred Astaire
Change Partners and Dance

2.00pm Amsterdam Christmas Concert

3.00pm Film : The Pagnol Trilogy : Marius (1931)
starring Pierre Fresney
A French film with English subtitles (b/w) Première

5.00pm Aida from the Met
operastarring Placido Domingo

7.35pm The Queen

7.50pm Film : Babette's Feast (1987)
starring Stephane Audran A Danish film with English subtitles
Première

9.30pm Plum
documentary about P.G.Wodehouse

10.40pm Viva Leone! My Name Is Nobody (1974)
starring Henry Fonda Première

12.30am Weather

12.35am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

BOXING DAY TUESDAY 26TH OF DECEMBER 1989
BBC2

8.25am The Third Man
Hollywood Incident, starring Michael Rennie (b/w)

8.50am Buck Rogers
The Enemy's Stronghold (b/w)

9.10am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Walking Bombs (b/w)

9.30am Fred and Ginger : Swing Time (1936)

11.10am The Ryder Cup Retained (Repeat)

12.10pm A Year in the Life
Twenty Years On

1.00pm Pigeon Street
A Light in the Sky(Repeat)

1.20pm Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
Betty Boop documentary(Repeat)

2.30pm Film : The Pagnol Trilogy : Fanny (1932)
starring Orane Demazis
A French film with English subtitles (b/w)
Première

4.30pm Wodehouse on Broadway
A Musical Memoir

6.00pm Films for the Family : The Black Stallion (1979)
starring Mickey Rooney

7.55pm The Love of Three Oranges
performed at the Grand Theatre, Leeds by Opera North

9.55pm Monsieur Eiffel's Tower

10.15pm Yes Minister
Party Games

11.25pm Viva Leone! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967)
starring Clint Eastwood

2.00am Weatherview

2.05am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 27th December 1989

BBC2

8.25am The Third Man
8.50am Buck Rogers
9.10am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
9.30am Film : Fred and Ginger - The Gay Divorce (1934)
11.10am Nick Faldo's Year
12.10pm A Year In the Life
1.00pm PC Pinkerton
1.05pm Philomena the Cat
1.15pm The Adventures of Spot the Dog
1.20pm Laurel and Hardy in Hogwild
1.40pm Film : The Pagnol Trilogy : Cesar (1936) Premiere
3.55pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
4.55pm Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
5.35pm Making of a Legend : Gone with the Wind
7.40pm Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit : A Preview
7.45pm Film : The Natural (1984) Premiere
10.00pm An Arena Special
11.45pm Film : Viva Leone! : A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
2.00am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Thursday 28th December 1989

BBC2

8.25am The Third Man
8.50am Buck Rogers
9.10am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
9.30am Film : Fred and Ginger : Carefree (19)
10.50am The Masquers Club
11.10am Rugby Union
12.10pm A Year in the Life
1.00pm Fingermouse
1.15pm Laurel and Hardy
1.35pm Films for the Family: The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
3.15pm Lerner and Loewe: Broadway's Last Romantics
4.20pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
5.20pm Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
6.00pm Film Gone with the Wind (1939) Part 1
7.40pm The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
8.00pm Monty Python's Flying Circus
8.30pm A Fate Worse Than Debt
10.00pm Film : The Emerald Forest (1985) Premiere
11.50pm Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nation Orchestra
12.50am Weatherview

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1989

ITV LONDON

6.00am TV-am
Animals in Action : Baby Birds with Keith Shackleton

6.30am RSPB Bernard Cribbins reads Round Robin

7.00am It's Stardust
Alvin Stardust with seasonal songs plus cartoons including
The Little Misses & The Adventures of Parsley

8.00am David Frost on Sunday
(News & Weather with Beatrice Hollyer at 8.00am & 9.00am)

9.25am Children's ITV : The Disney Club
with Gordon Inglis, John Eccleston and Andrea Boardman, and guest Jason Donovan

11.00am Meditation : Christ Comes This Christmas
from the Parish Church of St Maty's, Nether Alderley, Cheshire

12.00 Encounter
Babies in Crisis,
Father John Fagan who finds suitable foster parents for Aids infected babies

12.30pm Time for Christmas
helping others

1.00pm ITN Newswith Fiona Armstrong
ITV National Weatherwith Alex Hill

1.05pm LWT News and Weather

1.15pm Kylie- on the Go
behind the scenes on tour in Japan and England

2.10pm Movie Première : A Christmas Carol (1984)
starring George C Scott, Frank Finlay, Edward Woodward, David Warner, Susannah York, Joanne Whalley

4.05pm Christmas Sunday Special
Gloria Hunniford with Cliff Richard, Jason Donovan and Joanna Lumley

5.00pm Bullseye Christmas Special
with Jim Bowen, Tony Green

5.45pm Time for Christmas
the launch of the Christmas Line

6.00pm ITN Newswith Fiona Armstrong
ITV National Weatherwith Alex Hill

6.10pm LWT News; Weather

6.15pm Highway
at Durham Cathedral, with Sir Harry Secombe, Jessye Norman, Robert Hardy and Patricia Brake

7.15pm Film : Pied Piper (1989)
starring Peter O`Toole and Mare Winningham (TV Movie)

9.15pm ITN News with Sue Carpenter
ITV National Weatherwith Alex Hill

9.25pm LWT Weather

9.30pm Film : The Woman in Black (1989)
by Nigel Kneale from the book by Susan Hill, starring Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton (TV Film)

11.30pm A Service for Christmas Eve
from the Dryfesdale Parish Church, Lockerbie

12.30am Rich Little's Christmas Carol
Rich Little plays 14 major roles in his own unique adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol

1.30pm The Comedy Store
with Hattie Hayridge, Simon Fanshawe and Steve Coogan

1.40pm Film : Why Me ? (1984)
starring Glynnis O'Connor, Armand Assante and Annie Potts (TV Movie)

3.20pm Film : Burning Rage (1984)
starring Barbara Mandrell, Eddie Albert (TV Movie)

5.10pm ITN Morning News

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

12.30pm Persistence of Angels

12.45pm Cartoon
(until 1.00)

1.15pm Mickey Mouse

1.30pm Kylie- on the Go

2.25pm Film : A Christmas Carol (1984)

4.15pm Highway to Heaven

5.15pm Bullseye
(until 6.00)

1.30am Film : Flood (1976)
starring Robert Culp (until 3.20)

ITV CENTRAL (as ITV London except)

12.30pm A Christmas Message

12.35pm Silent Night
with Jose Carreras

1.15pm Disney's Christmas Cartoon Time Mickey's Fire Brigade, Pluto's Dream House

2.25pm Movie Première : A Christmas Carol (1984)

4.15pm Highway to Heaven
Goodbye, Mr Zelinka starring Michael Landon

5.15pm Bullseye Christmas Special
with Jim Bowen, Tony Green

1.30am Film : Flood ! (1976)
starring Robert Culp (TV Movie)

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1989

ITV CENTRAL

5.10am ITN Morning News

5.15am Scooby Goes Hollywood
animation, Scooby Doo features in his first Hoolywood musical

6.00am TV-am
Cartoon Capers
Punky Brewster in Punkywise, Christmas in July and Mister Men : Mr Snow introduced by Timmy Mallett

7.30am Benji, Zax an the Alien Prince Double Trouble

8.00am Good Morning Britain
TV-am Christmas Party guests include Bros, Jason Donovan, Russ Conway, Timmy Mallett, Lizzie Webb, Gyles Brandreth, Russell Grant,
Kathy Tayler, Jimmy Greaves, Ulrika Jonsson includes news bulletins with Beatrice Hollyer

9.25am Bugs Bunny & Friends at Christmas
cartoon fun with Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Tweety Pie, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn

10.15am The Other Side of Christmas
Anneka Rice with Michael Aspel, Nick Owen, David Bellamy, Thelma Barlow, Helen Worth, Bill Waddington live from the Arena in London's Docklands ,
includes at
11.10am a live service from St Michael and All Angels church, Lodon Fields, Hackney and at
12.00 David Bellamy takes 23 children, who were in care last Christmas - but who now have new families - to Lapland to meet the real Santa Claus

12.25pm The James Bond Film : On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas

3.00pm The Queen

3.15pm Film : The B.F.G. (1989)
animation

5.00pm Home and Away

5.30pm ITN News followed by
ITV National Weatherwith Martyn Davies

5.40pm Strike It Lucky Christmas Special
with Michael Barrymore & Frank Bruno

6.30pm Christmas Comedy Box
Jim Davidson presents clips of his favourite shows and performers

8.00pm Coronation Street

8.30pm After Henry
A Week of Sundays
starring Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson, Janine Wood, Jonathan Newth

9.00pm Movie Premiere : Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Little Richard

10.55pm ITN Newsfollowed by
ITV National Weatherwith Martyn Davies

11.10pm Film : Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
with Harrison Ford, Karen Allen
ITN News Headlines broadcast throughout the night

1.20am Film : All Night Long (1981)
starring Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman

3.00am Film : Hard Country (1980)
with Jan-Michael Vincent, Kim Basinger, Michael Parks

4.50am Rich Little's Robin Hood
Rich Little plays 16 parts in this comedy including Robin Hood and Maid Marian

5.50am ITN Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1989

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am TV-am
David Yates introduces more animal magic
Animals in Action Animal Crowds with Keith Shackleton

6.30am RSPB
Speckle and Hide, narrated by Derek Jones

7.00am Galaxy High School
It Came from Earth

7.30am Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
Don't Fence Me In

8.00am The Black Arrow
from the story by R L Stevenson

8.50am Wacaday
a special Christmas show presented by Timmy Mallett

9.25am T-Bag's Christmas Carol
with Elizabeth Estensen, John Hasler, Kellie Bright

9.50am Disney's Robin Hood (1973)
the Disney animated feature

11.20am Film : Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
starring Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour

1.20pm ITN News
with John Suchet followed by Alex Hill with the ITV National Weather

1.30pm Run the Gauntlet Christmas Special
The Mitsubishi Shogun Challenge, celebrity edition
with Alison Holloway, Ross Davidson, Eddie Kidd, Sybil Roscoe, Jilly Johnson, Gail McKenna, David Wilkie, Curt Smith, Nigel Pivaro and Sally Jones

2.30pm Movie Première : The Return of the Jedi (1983)
starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guiness

4.55pm ITN News and Sport

5.10pm Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
starring Jeremy Irons, Samuel Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Cyril Cusack (TV Movie)

7.00pm After Henry
with Prunella Scales

7.30pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
presented by Nicky Campbell and Carol Smillie

8.00pm The BillPowers of Exclusion

8.30pm ShelleyCold Turkey, starring Hywel Bennett

9.00pm Movie Première : Ruthless People (1986)
starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater

10.45pm ITN News followed byITV National Weatherwith Alex Hill

11.00pm Boxing Night at the Movies
Film : The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
starring Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke
(ITN News Headlines broadcast throughout the night)

1.30am Film : Escape from New York (1981)
starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Kleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasance

3.20am Film : Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
with Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Linda McCartney, Tracey Ullman, Ralph Ricahrdson

5.20am Cartoon Time
Daffy's Inn Trouble, Doggone People, All Fowled Up, Past Performance

5.50am ITN Morning News

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV Central except)

7.00pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

7.30pm George and Mildred

ITV GRANADA (as ITV Central)

ITV LONDON (as ITV Central except)

7.00pm Emmerdale

7.30pm Jimmy's at Christmas

ITV TVS (as ITV London)

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1989

CHANNEL 4

6.00am Early Morning
Hallelujah!
the best of American gospel(Repeat)

6.30am Flight Over Spain Murcia(Repeat)

7.00am Australian Beautiful Gardens(Repeat)

7.30am Box Office Weekly
with Garry Rice & David Roper

8.00am David the Gnome

8.30am Christmas Box
presented by Garry Rice & David Roper

9.00am Dennis
cartoon

9.25am Follow That Star
a profile of Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan

10.25am Starlight Serenaders
children's cartoon

10.35am The Batman
Chapter 2(b&w)

10.55am Christmas Fairytale
cat and mouse story from Norway

11.05am Film : Road to Utopia (1946)
starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope (b&w)

12.45pm Air Pirates of the Outback
puppet animation from Australia followed by
The Wall
award winning animation

1.00pm Fish People
documentary about people in Britain who keep fish

2.00pm Anne of Green Gables
starring Megan Follows(Repeat)

3.50pm Star of Bethlehem
Lotte Reigniger's silhouette film in colour

4.10pm Cinderella Ballet
Dancers from the Lyon Opera Ballet

5.55pm News Summary and Weather

6.00pm American Football
introduced by Mick Luckhurst

7.00pm Desert Orchid : Living with the Legend
documentary about the famous racehorse

8.00pm To Hell with the Devil
documenatary about the American rock band Stryper

9.00pm One Hour with Jonathan Ross

10.00pm American Football

11.30pm Film : Julia (1977)
starring Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell

1.40am Film : Monkey Business (1931)
starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)